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captain carot on 25 February 2018
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Nem said:
captain carot said:

It's actually easy in parts of Europe. Gun law is national law after all. Belgium got a strict firearm law 12 years ago, Finland still is relatively lax as is Switzerland.

Even how the police is armed depends on every nation (or federal state in Germany). Most british officers don't have a fire arm at all as far as i know. And it works, at least until today.

I'm pretty sure that even the most "lax" ones are extremely strict compared to the US ones. Though i guess there were shootings in that region recently, so it's more proof of concept.

Honestly, if your case is that a proper educational systeme helps, i can agree with that. That definitly doesn't help the US.

 

At the end of the day, the problem we get to in the US is that the system makes politicians corrupt as they are bought by companies and their "donations". That is the root problem.

Having no control is pretty stupid i think. It's been shown in many ways over the years that the american system doesn't work in terms of firearms. Just put accidents in and you see why.

As said before, you need a driving license even in the US (though getting it really is a joke in many states) but you don't really need a license for guns. At least nothing that is worht the name.

But the main problem is the american mentality towards guns, not laws alone. That mentality is very different from what you usually see in middle or western Europe.